A432 crash in Bristol on 3 February 2017 at 20:21 involving a Mercedes S Class
A Mercedes S Class and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A432 in Bristol at 20:21 on Friday 3 February 2017. The 59-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Feb 2017
- Friday, 20:21
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes S Class and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47611, longitude -2.53996, in the BS16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingswood and Fishponds. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eastville, Bristol, BS5 6RP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bristol
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017521701159
- Council area
- Bristol
- Police force
- Avon and Somerset
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 432
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 26%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 74%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 August 2017.
Serious
Vauxhall Adam crash on the A432 in Bristol, 31 August 2017
6 m awayRef 2017521707437
Slight
Car crash on the A432 in Bristol, 29 November 2013
7 m awayRef 2013521307996
Serious
Car crash on the A432 in Bristol, 9 October 1985
7 m awayRef 198552CG01720
Serious
Car crash on the A432 in Bristol, 19 August 1983
8 m awayRef 198352CGE1423
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A432 in Bristol, 9 May 2002
9 m awayRef 2002520062324
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A432 in Bristol, 21 January 2001
9 m awayRef 2001520012408
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes S Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 59, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2017521701159 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bristol road accident statistics for 2017.